I think the love affair with Obama is silly, but on the other hand I’m not going to indulge in Obama Derangement Syndrome. The conservative’s panicked cries about Obama being a hardcore socialist who’s going to destroy the America we love sound exactly like the liberal’s shrill insistence that Bush was a fascist dictator who was going to destroy the America we love. To these people, we’re always on the verge of an unprecedented disaster brought about by one awful man in the White House. You all know American politics doesn’t work that way – never has and never will.
And of course liberals and conservatives both say “We’re not paranoid – OUR fears are REAL, OUR accusations are based on FACTS. How can you look at the man, his background, his policies, etc., and deny that his election is the worst calamity ever to befall this Republic?”
Meanwhile, in the real world, our lives go on pretty much as they always have.
So yeah – disagree with Obama’s policies and criticize the way he runs the country. We need to keep him and his fellow Democrats honest, to hold them to the same “high standards” they applied to the Bush administration. Don’t let them get away with anything. But try to be honest about the man himself. You don’t really know him any better than the Bush haters knew the man Bush.
And most of all, try to show some dignity. Don’t scream and swear and lie and exaggerate and draw false parallels and put on large, papier mache heads (at least not in public) and post comments assuring everyone that the end of Civilization is at hand. In other words, don’t act like a Liberal. You ought to know better…
